Peace keeping

Peace keeping

Hybrid of politico-military interventions aimed at conflict control usually with the involvement of the United Nations presence in the field by military and civilian personnel.

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Medium multi-role logistics unit

Military; Peace keeping

Standby forces standard component; provides second and third line medium logistic support to the military component, maintains general and technical stores, as well as rations stores, provides ...

Composite supply unit

Military; Peace keeping

Standby forces standard component; provides second and third line supply beyond the self-sufficiency of military units, receives and issues all supplies, maintains general and technical stores, ...

Standby forces that are responsible for locating and accessing sources of water in a severely degraded mission area. The unit is able to purify and provide 40,000 gallons of potable water or more per ...

Communications and electronics operating instructions (CEOI)

Military; Peace keeping

Standing operating procedures describing the communication requirements and available facilities, the concept of operation for satellite, radio, landline communications, etc.

Military police (MP)

Military; Peace keeping

The PKO MP element, normally of company strength, is drawn from all contingents in the force and is organised along functional lines: provost (discipline), traffic, investigation, other areas.

After-action review (aar)

Military; Peace keeping

The procedure of extracting from a serviceman facts, comments, or recommendations concerning his previous assignment or experience; also found: "after-action reports"

Decontamination

Military; Peace keeping

The process of making any person, object, or area safe by absorbing, destroying, neutralizing, making harmless, or removing chemical or biological agents, or by removing radioactive material clinging ...